Into the dark - Mark A. Vieira

You know film noir when you see it: the shadowed setting the cynical detective the femme fatale and the twist of fate.
Into the Dark
captures this alluring genre with a cavalcade of compelling photographs and a guide to 82 of its best films. Into the Dark
is the first book to tell the story of film noir in its own voice. Author Mark A. Vieira quotes the artists who made these movies and the journalists and critics who wrote about them, taking readers on a year-by-year tour of the exciting nights when movies like
Double Indemnity ,
Mildred Pierce , and
Sunset Boulevard
were sprung on an unsuspecting public. For the first time, we hear the voices of film noir artists speak from the sets and offices of the studios, explaining the dark genre, even before it had a name. Those voices tell how the genre was born and how it thrived in an industry devoted to sweetness and light. Into the Dark
is a ticket to a smoky, glamorous world. You enter a story conference with Raymond Chandler, visit the set of
Laura , and watch
Detour
with a Midwest audience. This volume recreates the environment that spawned film noir. It also displays the wit and warmth of the genre's artists. Hedda Hopper reports on
Citizen Kane , calling Orson Welles
Little Orson Annie." Lauren Bacall says she enjoys playing a bad girl in
To Have and Have Not . Bosley Crowther calls Joan Crawford in
Possessed
a
ghost wailing for a demon lover beneath a waning moon." An Indiana exhibitor rates the classic
Murder, My Sweet
a
passable program picture." Illustrated by hundreds of rare still photographs,
Into the Dark
conveys the mystery, glamour, and irony that make film noir surpassingly popular.About TCM:Turner Classic Movies is the definitive resource for the greatest movies of all time. It engages, entertains, and enlightens to show how the entire spectrum of classic movies, movie history, and movie-making touches us all and influences how we think and live today.